Indian Jewelry of the American Southwest

Author: William A. Turnbaugh
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9780764325779
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
More than 125 vivid color photos display groups of Indian-made wrought silver, turquoise, shell, and coral jewelry brought together from the American Southwest. The authors explore the diversity of this handcrafted jewelry from historic collections as well as those available today on reservations. Includes products of Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, and Rio Grande Pueblo artisans.

Southwestern Indian Jewelry

Author: Dexter Cirillo
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 9780847831104
Category : Indian silverwork
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A dazzling exploration of both traditional and contemporary jewelry. Spectacular photographs of the beautiful jewelry and sensitive portraits of the artists combine with an insightful, informative text to capture the spirit of this work and of the cultures from which it springs. Includes a collector's guide and a directory of sources. 210 illustrations, 155 in full color.

Southwest Silver Jewelry

Author: Paula A. Baxter
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
This beautiful book examines the first century of Navajo and Pueblo metal jewelry-making in the American Southwest. Beginning in the late 1860s, the region's native peoples learned metalworking and united it with a traditon of beads and ornaments made from turquoise and other natural materials. The cross-cultural appeal of this jewelry continued into the mid-1900s, and by the 1950s and 1960s masters created a legacy of fine art jewelry that is prized today.

Southwestern Indian Rings

Author: Paula A. Baxter
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9780764338755
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
With a fascinating variety of American Indian rings from the southwestern United States shown in more than 350 color photos, this book provides a design history of these rings, beginning with pre-contact artifacts and continuing through to contemporary artistic innovations. The text surveys key developments in Native American ring design; materials and methods of construction; definitions for historical and vintage rings; master innovators; and the transition from craft to wearable art since 1980. Shortly after the Civil War, Native American artisans began making silver rings set with turquoise, coral, jet, mother-of-pearl, and colored shell, adding lapis, malachite, onyx, and petrified wood over the decades. More recently, artisans began utilizing gold and such non-traditional settings as opals and diamonds, among others. Works by Navajo (also known as Din) and Pueblo artists are featured, although Apache, Northern Cheyenne, and Sonoran Desert Native jewelers are also included. A guide to valuation issues and resources is offered for collectors.

Skystone and Silver

Author: Carl Rosnek
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description

Fine Indian Jewelry of the Southwest

Author: Shelby Jo-Anne Tisdale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
New Mexico art patron Millicent Rogers (1902-1953) was a passionate collector who assembled a stellar collection of Navajo and Zuni silver and turquoise, Hopi silverwork, and Pueblo stone and shell jewellery during the late 1940s and early 1950s when fine late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century work could still be found. Her collection provided the foundation for what has become one of America's most important repositories for the aesthetic achievements of Native American artists oft he Southwest: The Millicent Rogers Museum.

Totems to Turquoise

Author: Kari Chalker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
« Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest celebrates the timeless beauty and power of the jewelry of the American Southwest and Northwest Coast, two regions with distinguished traditions of visual creation whose contemporary artists continue to work in the best of those traditions while expanding upon them to make jewelry an art form expressive of individual vision and creativity." "Lavishly illustrated, both with historical photographs and a wealth of new photography commissioned for this publication, Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest will be an important resource for students, scholars, designers, and indeed for anyone who loves beautiful and well-made objects. 185 illustrations, including 150 plates in full color. »--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Navajo Jewelry

Author: Lois Essary Jacka
Publisher: Northland Publishing
ISBN: 9780873586092
Category : Navajo Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Reference of Navajo jewelry

Hallmarks of the Southwest

Author: Barton Wright
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
The author has matched maker's marks used on jewelry, pots, fetish carvings, rugs, and baskets with their names, tribes, relatives, and style notes.

North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment

Author: Lois Sherr Dubin
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810944466
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Discusses the traditional adornment of North American Indians, covering the furs of the subarctic, the shells of the woodland tribes, the plateau area beadwork, the Northwest Coast jewelers, and the turquoise of the Southwest.